Richland beacon., 1887-12-31
50 VERY SWEET.
\ Remark able Coal-Tar Product
Much Swccter than Sugar.
From the Buffalo Courier. !

From the Buffalo Courlcr.I
"This is saccharine," said the chemist,
as he showed Copri,r man about
tablespoonful of cream -colorcd powder.
at is the latest thing i'll the way of
coal tar products, and it is just about
two Thousand five hundred times swcetcr
than cane sugar. This little bottle came
from Merck, Of Darmstalt, and costs
three dollars 1t is the new cure for
diabetes mcllituS, that killed Frank
Tracy"
New cure nothing said portly
gentleman representing the grape sugar
works. at WAS discovered III 1879 Ivy
acrilcnt, and it's going to do more busi-
ness than curing diabetes. Our house
has imported one hundred pounds of 1t
at a cost of something over one thousand
dollars, and we're going to see what 1T
will do III the WAY of making glucose an
exact substitute for cane sugar. Tn"
estimate of the sWcctCning power of
saccharinc is that one part added To
$500 parts ol glucose will bring the lat
ter up To the cane sugar or sucrosc stan
tlard, and if only some smart fellow
could succeed i'll crystalliHing the COM
pound he could become as rich rs Van
derbilt. But we can't granulatc 1t aS
vet. and thus we must be content to uso
the new product for substitution pur-
poses.
"What is saccharnc.' asked the fo'-
rj,rs investigator, AMI i'll reply he was
Informed that it is a product of the sur
prising new line of chemicals obtained
from the rcsilulm If petroleum dlstilla-
tion. In searching for Il syntllctIcal sub
stitute for uuinnc German chemist
discovered sweet instead of an expected
bitter principle and it is now Thought
that it can bc produccd i'll sufficiently
large quantities to become of CONNER
clal Importance.
The chemist said To the CoprjT man
"Thcrc is no more limit To- the posslbili
ties Of discoveries from petroleum
than there is of the coming powers
Of electricity. We are only begin
ming to get acquainted with the
outside clgc Of electricity, and
I'm willing To bet You ten dollars that
/ before You're ten years older you'll seq
| folks go To the corner grocery and buy
/ quart of electricity in Faurc cell to
cook dinner with. Just as t.cy go now
to buy kindling wood. Now this pctro
lcum is ii,tilation, as far rs | can
make out. of substances i'll the heart OF
the earth. 1t is believed by some scien-
fists that in the sinking stuff which VIZ
call crude petroleum We have the essence
of the flowers, the herbs, the plants and
the whole flora Of millions of years ago,
and that the colors, such rs We get in
anilne tints of magenta. solfcrino and
the rest, and the series of coal-tar per
fumes, nre nothing more nor less than
the colors and odors of the flowers of
millions of years ago. before the ancient
oaks were cnrbonizcd into coal strata,
and when chorus girls were young and
charming. This stuff has been stewing
up for ages, and just rs We get a fine
cure for heart disease out of the lily OF
the valley (fobroliria mdiflis). SO are VIZ
getting fine medicines like 'antlicbrin'
and saccharinc from honey-bcaring and
alkaloid laden flowers and plants that
bloomcd when the megathcrium was
commoner than Barnums elephants"